Simulation technology is an essential tool in medical education, allowing clinical teams to practice treating rare, complex and time critical cases in a safe, risk free environment that improves patient safety and outcomes.
Generous community donors have allowed us to support the ongoing advancement of medical training at Wellington Regional Hospital through significant investment in hi-tech medical simulation technology.
Patient simulators behave like real life patients, responding to interventions and providing lifelike experiences for staff. Medical manikins are incredibly lifelike. Hi-fidelity Sims can blink, eye track, speak, breathe, sweat and bleed, have heartbeats, and respond to medical treatments like intubation and resuscitation as if they were real humans. They can be programmed with many emergency scenarios, allowing clinical staff to ‘practice on plastic’ first.”
Advanced simulators donors have funded include:
- VICTORIA Advanced Birthing Simulator. A one of a kind high-fidelity birthing simulator in New Zealand. VICTORIA allows teams to run interdisciplinary simulations for complex deliveries (caesareans, breech births, shoulder dystocia) as well as non-complex deliveries, emergency response and gynaecological teaching.
- PREMATURE ANNE. A realistic 25-week premature baby simulator, complete with anatomically correct airways, respiration and vascular systems. PREMATURE ANNE enables neonatal teams to practice intubation, tube insertions, resuscitation and other high stakes interventions.
- SimMan 3GPlus HPS. A high fidelity simulator for emergency care and trauma training, used in in-situ training for the Emergency Department, ICU, Anaesthetics and specific scenarios including anaphylaxis, arrhythmias, trauma and burns.
Providing realistic simulation training regularly for our staff will undoubtedly improve the emergency care we provide each and every day for vulnerable babies and their long-term outcomes.- Dr. Maria Saito-Benz, NICU Neonatologist
By practising together in realistic conditions, clinical teams are better equipped to deliver expert care, when every second counts.